land
∞
1.0
- noun
- /lænd/
:
tierra
- The group is calling on supporters to defend the land "inherited from our ancestors."
- land use
- agricultural land
- land rights
Yes, even between the land and the ship.
- Yes, even between the land and the ship.
- It has food, it has land, water, gold, oil.
- It needed to subdivide the land in an equitable fashion.
- I asked it what's the fastest land mammal, and it told me.
- Now, one important thing to remember, land is not depreciable.
- People have been fighting over land since Adam and Eve, OK?
- So the first step is identifying land and entitling.
- They could seize church lands, They could take the state treasury.
- These were rural establishments looking for land in the centre of the city.
- This land, this land, this land, this this.
Examples
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America, the land of beauty, where all your dreams will come true.
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What people needed, he reasoned, were land and the tools to make what they wanted.
Academic text (2011) -
We will continue fighting for our land, whatever the cost.
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The hotel is out here because the land is just so big.
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This very land we now call Germany.
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The buildings in major cities would have to compete for land with commercial properties.
Academic text (2011) -
But Brazil actually has really good land use planning.
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The state also combined many small patches of land into more farmable fields.
Academic text (2011) -
They'll buy an acre of land in rural Italy.
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They decided to invest in their own land and start a farm.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A nation with its own government and people
∞
1.0
A country or region that has its own government
∞
1.7
A large group of people in one country who share a common history and culture
∞
1.0
The solid surface of the earth that people walk on and plants grow in
∞
3.9
A piece of land with fixed boundaries for building
960
3.0
An area of land controlled by a country or ruler
553
4.2
A large area of land owned by one person or family with a big house
363
1.0
The ground or soil under your feet
179
3.8
A piece of land with features like hills, rocks, or flat ground
150
3.0
A view of land and nature seen at once, often beautiful
50
1.7
Land where people grow crops or raise animals
41
5.6
An area controlled by a ruler, government, or organization
23
1.0
The solid ground on Earth that is not under the sea
23
1.8
A small area of land that someone owns or uses
20
4.0
A piece of land usually measured in acres and used for farming or building
13
1.8
Firm land you can stand on instead of water
12
2.8
A large area of land that is not separated by water
11
3.0
A small piece of ground for growing plants or building on
7
3.4
A large connected area of land that is part of the Earth
6
4.1
A large area of land used for a certain purpose
5
2.9
A piece of land sold or owned as one unit
5
2.7
A piece of land used for a specific purpose like building or farming
4
5.6
Solid dry land that is not the sea or air
3
2.8
An area of land used for something, like a garden or park
1
2.3
A small piece of land used for growing plants
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
16
5.0
A region east of the Mediterranean Sea, mainly Israel and Palestine, that is sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims
14
6.0
A place or situation someone hopes will bring them happiness after a long struggle
- Formal
8
3.7
Public land that a government gives to someone for building colleges or railways
5
4.2
Government action that takes farm land from large owners and gives it to small farmers
- Informal
1
9.9
An imaginary place where people are out of touch with reality because they are too optimistic
Official nickname for the US state of New Mexico about its beautiful land and rich culture
- Offensive
A joking name for California about its farms and unusual people
A nickname for Illinois in the United States because Abraham Lincoln lived there
- Literature
A peaceful place like a dream where people relax and forget their problems
A region of Antarctica claimed by Norway between Enderby Land and the Weddell Sea
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Land comes from an old German word that meant 'ground' or 'country', a word you still see in German Land and Dutch land and in names like England. So land today means the solid part of the earth or an area of a country.